DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
12
July 2, 1943
COUNCIL
PAUL REVERE
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the Jewish Community Council,
will preside at this meeting. Mr.
Ellmann will report on the bud-
get negotiations which have been
conducted between the Jewish
Community Council and the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation. The final
results of the budget hearing will
be presented to the delegates.
The members of the Community
Council's budget committee were
Rabbi Morris Adler, Joseph Bern-
stein, Lawrence Crohn, Aaron
Droock, William Friedman, Mor-
ris Garvett, Mrs. Leonard H. Wei-
ner and James I. Ellmann.
Attendance of the delegates
will be taken. All organizations
who will not be represented by
their delegates at this important
meeting will be notified of their
lack of representation in the se-
lection of the new administration
and new policy making members
of the executive committee.
manently but rather to oversee
the family's extensive land hold-
ings in South Carolina.
When Salvador reached South
Carolina in 1773 the struggle
between the Colonies and Eng-
land was fast nearing a climax.
Now England was on the verge
of open rebellion. In the South
the merchant class was ripe for
revolt. The growing feelin;
against the mother country was
keenest in South Carolina among
the Southern colonies and Salva-
dor threw himself into the pa-
triot's cause with passionate ar-
dor. Soon he became intimate
with the great leaders of the
colony—Charles Cotesworth Pinck-
ney, Edward and John Rutledge,
William Drayton and Charles
Pinckney, all of whom played
important roles in the drama
that began with the Declaration
of Independence and closed with
the adoption of the Constitution.
DRIVE
All of these men, like Salvador,
were under 30. All were men of
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means and culture. And all were
imbued with a passionate love of
The remaining outstanding ac-
liberty.
counts will be handled through
Salvador had been in South
the trade, professional and organi-
Carolina but a year when the
zation groups.
Boston Tea Party set off a train
"We have undertaken this type
of events that culminated in the
of program," Harry R. Solomon
convening of the first Continental
said, "because the office does not
Congress in September, 1774. He
have the personnel to make per-
C)
The
National
Jewish
Monthly,
B'nai
B'rith
was a close friend of Edward
sonal visits and telephone calls.
Rutledge, who represented South
It would be a tremendous saving
MEMO
TO
THE
UNITED
NATIONS
Carolina at the Congress. When
of time and effort if payments
Rutledge returned, steps were
were mailed in at this time to
taken for calling a provincial con- and massacred white people. Sal-
headquarters of the Allied Jewish
CACOETHES
JUDAISM
gress at Charleston. Notwithstand- vador was the first to hear of
Campaign, 51 West Warren Ave."
ing the fact that the Jews were the foray for two of those who
Those wishing to participate
What
great
wrong
have
they
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barred from public office, Salva- escaped fled to his home. Twenty-
in the program of the collection
done
to
you?
dor was one of the 10 delegates eight miles away was Major An-
healing and deliverance have committee may call Mrs. Jean
elected to represent 96 Districts. drew Williamson with a company I asked a damper of the Jew.
been brought to those members Schlesinger at the Federation of-
Indicative of the great esteem in of 30 militiamen sent from His answer was, Don't you hear of the House of Israel who now fice, Columbia 1600.
people say
which he was held was th fact Charleston in anticipation of
sit in darkness, in the shadow
that although he was known to trouble with the Indians. Paus- They control everything in the of pain and death.
U. S. A.
be a Jew, the oath on which he ing only to hear the story of the
"In our sorrow we are deeply
RECRUIT
was sworn in was amended to two survivors, both of whom
grateful for the many messages
He
saidh
inn
aitse_
dislike
for
them
is
eliminate whatever might be in were badly wounded, Salvador,
of sympathy which have come
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conflict with his religious scru- emulating the exploit of Paul
to us from men of good will who
ples. Later, when South Carolina Revere, mounted his horse and But that's wrong—it's an evil are not of our faith and for the the present war. They volunteered
they cultivate!
became a state, he was also galloped like mad to Williamson's
And the stories they tell are so efforts of the United Nations for military service as Jews. Their
elected to the legislature, one of residence to give the alarm.
to alleviate the lot of Jewish enlistment led to the creation of
foolish they're funny,
the three Jews to be so honored
Salvador and Williamson were
victims of Nazi brutality. None- Palestine Jewish units in the
When
they
say
the
Jews
have
all
before 1800,
up against a critical situation.
theless we must make it clear British Army. On behalf of the
the
money.
As a member of the provincial The people of the border were
that expressions of condolence representative Jewish bodies, a
congress, he took part in the without arms or ammunition. It
are of avail only when translated system of internal regulation of
Is
Henry
Ford,
John
0.
or
Mel-
drafting of a bill of rights during had all been commandeered for
into programs of action. The recruiting was evolved within the
lon a Jew?
a seven-day session in which the the militia in Charleston. Neither
measure of effective relief af- Yishuv aimed at increasing en-
Chrysler,
Rascob,
Schwab?
grievances of the colony were were there many able-bodied men
forded by the governments of listments for active service with-
set forth. He helped frame a available. The entire population Marshall Field, only a few of the the United Nations has heretofore out impairing the economic war
Gentiles who have most
resolution of sympathy with Mas- was at the mercy of the Indians.
been unequal either to their his- effort and other essential func-
of our gold,
sachusetts. To carry out the de- Salvador volunteered to ride
toric traditions of humanity or tions of the life of the country
cisions of the congress a special through the country to round All our great industries are Gen- to the vast tragedy which has or the Yishuv.
tile
controlled.
committee was appointed and up men. But he could find only
"Such also will be the recruit-
befallen our people.
Salvador accepted membership in 40. With these Salvador and
"Wherefore, in joint session ing of Jews in the future. As
And
when
you
speak
of
bankers
it, thus exposing himself to ar- Williamson marched to the scene
assembled, we appeal to the con- long as the war against the en-
and of banks,
rest for treason if the colonies of the Indian raid. For the next
science of the civilized world emy goes on, as long as there
You
will
find
but
three
Hebrews
lost. Before actual warfare be- three weeks heroic efforts were
and to the governments of the is still a need for Jewish volun-
up in the ranks—
gan Salvador busied himself with made to organize a defense, and
democratic nations to come to teers, as long as the Yishuv is
enforcing the non-importation ultimately a force of some 300 The European Rothschild, Loeb, the rescue of our stricken breth- in a position to supply them, it
and
Kuhn,
resolutions and in helping to con- came into being.
And where have you read that ren before it is too late. We ask is our bounden duty to put our
vert the Tories of his state to
Williamson and Salvador then
that bolder and larger scale ef- shoulders to the wheel. The Jew-
they caused any ruin?
the patriot way of thinking. decided to attack the Indians and
forts be undertaken forthwith for ish units need continually be
When Drayton drew up a special they marched to meet them in a Does Morgan, Giannini, Lamont, the deliverance of Jews from strengthened. The places of those
agreement with the Tories prom- surprise attack at Essenecca,
Nazi-dominated lands and for pro- who have fellen in battle must
Chase or Sloan
ising them protection if they near the Keowee River. But the Knock off the interest when they viding havens of asylum for them be filled. An urgent call, necessi-
did not aid the British, Salva- Indians and Tories had prepared
in neutral and Allied countries: tated by the course of war, must
0. K. your loan?
dor's name appeared as one of an ambush. It was the night of And who are the makers of pow- We ask that the doors of Pal- be answered. The voice of our
the witnesses to the document. July 31 when the South Caro-
estine especially be opened wide slaughtered brethren cries out to
der and shot?
There was hardly an important linians headed by Salvador and If the DuPonts are Jewish, then to homeless Jews, in accordance us. The despairing heroism of
meeting in those days in which Williamson crossed the river to
with the pledged word of the na- the ghetto fighters stirs us with
Moses was not!
Salvador did not participate. His the Indian towns. As they ap-
tions of the world. We ask fur- a call to action. Let us arise and
advice carried great weight. He proached, a deadly burst of fire And this is another wrong biased ther that immediate assurances avenge our martyrs and hasten
had considerable to do also with greeted them. Men and horses
be given by the United .Nations the deliverance of the remnants.
bleat—
the drafting of a temporary peace went down in confusion. Wil- When the" yell about Jews con- of their resolution to restire the
"The requirements of internal
pact with the Cherokee Indians. liamson's horse was shot from
disfranchised Jews to full civic security will not be forgotten.
trolling our meat—
Open hostilities with the Brit- under him. And Salvador went Cudahy, Armour, Wilson, Libby, and social equality and to reli- The recruiting of auxiliary po-
ish in South Carolina commenced down under the fusilade. When
gious and cultural freedom in lice must also be increased till
McNiel!, Swift, Hormel,
soon after the Battle of Lexing- a lieutenant came to William-
the past-war world.
Hamond-
all the gaps are filled. The farms
ton, and Salvador was among son's help he sent him to aid No .Jewish blood reveal.
call for more young people. All
the first to take the field. His Salvador who had fellen behind
forces in the Yishuv must be
first assignment was a trip into a clump of bushes. The Indians List up the stockholders in the 100,000 More Jews in
mobilized to carry out the vital 1
the interior of the colony to pre- reached the Jewish patriot first
chain grocery store;
tasks in the present meregency.
pare a report on means of secur- and scalped him. When William- You will find to one Jew—Gen- France Lose Citizenship
"Let the new recruits come
ing the safety of that territory. son arrived Salvador was still
tiles by the score;
forward for the glory of Israel
was
also
a
member
of
a
com-
GENEVA.
(WNS)—An
order
He
alive but dvine. With his last There isn't much left for the
in the present war. Let every one
by Pierre Laval depriving an es- do his duty."
mittee authorized to sign and breath he inquired whether the
Jew, it would seem,
issue colonial bills for paying enemy had been routed. Upon He may control some textiles, timated 100,000 Jews in France
the army. There are extant let- being told that they were he
and have a voice on the who were naturalized after 1927
of their French citizenship was UJA Raises $11,500,000
ters to him from the leading mili- said he was happy, and with his
screen.
expected here to result in new
tary figures which reveal that hand resting in that of William-
they thought highly of his knowl- son he said goodbye and died. And now for religion—the Good mass deportations of Jews to In First Half of 1943
edge of detailed and intricate
Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
Such was the tragic end of the
Books all say
NEW YORK. (WNS)—A total
military problems.
first Jew to die in the American That we would be heathens but The order became effective last
of $11,500.000 has been raised
ine
e
At the outset of the war South Revolution.
for a Jew named Isaiah— Sunday.
Carolina's chief concern was the
mmenting on Laval's or- by the United Jewish Appeal in
And what were Matthew, Mark,
attitude of the Cherokees. Al-
der the Nazi Transocean news the first six months of 1943
Luke, John and Paul?
toward its $25,000,000 national
though a peace treaty had been
The Prophets and Apostles were agency said that the Jewish popu- quota, it was reported at a meet-
signed with them, their reliability
SCHOOLS
lation
of
France
has
decreased
by
Jews, one and all.
ing of the UJA executive com
was open to question. Because
—Bell. approximately 100,000 since 1940. mittee convened to review the re- -
his Plantation was close to Indian
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The Nazi agency added that the
towns. Salvador was given the
Jewish population of Paris has sults of spring campaigns in
NOTICE
3,095 communities.
job of organizing a watch over ident; Lawrence Crohn, first vice
Youth organizations and indi- fallen considerably, with few
Expressing satisfaction with the
the Indians. After the provincial president; Dr. A. E. Bernstein,
Jews, easily distinguishable be-
congress had concentrated the second vice president; Abe Kasle, viduals wishing to plan picnics cause of the yellow Stars of Da- rise in the level of giving in all
parts of the country in the cur-
state militia in Charleston and treasurer; Aaron A. Silberblatt, for soldiers may make arrange- yid, to be seen on the streets.
ments to do so on alternate
rent year, the executive commit-
then adjourned, Salvador returned secretary.
At
the
same
time
the
Nazi
The following were elected as Thursday evenings, from July 1 agency demanded that the Jews tee nevertheless pointed out that
to his home to direct the watch
on the Indians. Meanwhile, Brit- members of the board of direc- through Sept. 1, by calling Miss in southern France also be com- in order to meet vital neds for
ish agents were stirring Up the tors for a three-year term to ex- Hannah G. Ferman, program di- pelled to wear the Star of David overseas war relief and rehabili-
Cherokees. boning to keep the rire May 31, 1946: Rabbi Glazer, rector, Jewish Welfare Board, in order "to drive the Jews out" tation, for the maintenance of
colonists busy in the interior Rabbi Sperka, Dora Ehrlich. Har- at MA. 8400, for an appointment. of that area. At the present the the wartime program in the Jew-
Picnic dates for Saturday Jews in southern France are not ish National Home in Palestine
while a British fleet bombarded ry Frank, Herman Osnos, Harold
Charleston.
Goodman, David I. Berris. Isi- nights as well as alternate Sun- compelled to wear the Mogen and for the adjustment of refu -
When the Indians heard that dore Cohen. Sam Esterson, Adolnh days are also available.
gees in the United States to the
David.
the English men-of-war had an- Beck, Irving Temler, Joseph
war effort, American Jewry 11 191
-
-
chored in Charleston they crossed Block, Morris W. Zack, Max
provide an additional sum 01
the frontier on July 1, 1776, Bachman.
$13,500,000 during the balance
of this year.
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